record = [(1, 'Elon Mask'), (2, 'Tim Cook'), (3, 'Bill Gates'), (4, 'Yang Zhou')] print(*record) # unpack the list by one asterisk # (1, 'Elon Mask') (2, 'Tim Cook') (3, 'Bill Gates') (4, 'Yang Zhou') id, leaders = zip((1, 'Elon Mask'), (2, 'Tim Cook'), (3, 'Bill Gates'), (4, 'Yang Zhou')) print(id) # (1, 2, 3, 4) print(leaders) # ('Elon Mask', 'Tim Cook', 'Bill Gates', 'Yang Zhou')